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Abbo's Alley
Park
26 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sewanee
Sewanee, TN parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.5% of Sewanee is conserved land, roughly 163 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Abbo's Alley (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sewanee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sewanee outdoors
Conserved land
6.5%
163 of 2,486 acres
Trails
21 mi
5.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
56 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.9 mi
2.0 mi lanes · 1.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Manigault Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Elliott Park
Park
1 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Scenic views in Sewanee
Green's View
Morgan's Steep
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 2.9 mi
Showing 1–10 of 12 trails
- Caldwell Rim Trail2.4 mi
- Ridge Trail1.1 mi
- Lake Cheston0.7 mi
- Wiggins Creek Trail0.6 mi
- Mountain Goat Trail0.5 mi
- Beckwith's Point Trail0.5 mi
- Cheston Trail0.3 mi
- Parallel Trail0.2 mi
- Dimmick Trail0.2 mi
- Perimeter Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
163 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 163 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Football2
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
History
Historic places to visit
Memorial CrossCross
Rebel's RestPlaque
Eastern Star CemeteryCemetery
University CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sewanee's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.